General Linux notes

This is a cool way to share command line session with someone on a Linux box:

1) make the remote user run screen

2) run screen -x

Using the procedure, 2 people can collaborate, and type together in the same terminal on a linux machine where 1 or both of the people are remotely sshed in and not sitting in front of the computer.

Netcat is a cool program. It is a hacker’s “Swiss Army Knife” essentially, all it does it open a network connection to the specified host at the specified port, and write data. Here’s a way to transfer files without setting up SMB/sftp/ftp/whatever else: